1. Choose a seat for this semester Hint: If you have trouble seeing, try the front. Warning: You may keep this seat as long as you show me you can “handle it.”

2. Welcome Back! Happy New Year!

3. Rules Be respectful –To your teacher, to each other, to our classroom, to everyone’s stuff Be prepared –Class materials, homework, ATTITUDE Be on time –Start work when the bell rings (or before!), hand in work on time Be on task –Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it.

4. Why? To live and learn together To make everyone feel loved To learn chemistry and English for success in IB classes!!

5. Materials Zumdahl and Zumdahl book (mostly for homework) Class notebook, homework notebook Periodic table Calculator Pens, pencils, eraser GOOD ATTITUDE!

6. Anti-materials Cell phones, iPods, PSPs, and all other evil electronics – ONE warning, then gone ‘til Friday (or longer). Translators – ok –NOT allowed on quizzes and tests –No games, no cell phone dictionaries

7. No food in class Drinks are OK Trash goes in the trash can

8. Catalyst Copy the date, objective, agenda, Catalyst question AND write down the answer As SOON AS THE BELL RINGS! EVERY DAY! This gives me time to take attendance of YOU, check YOUR homework, hand back YOUR papers, and organize YOUR lesson

9. Homework Due the next class unless otherwise noted. Please put the date it is DUE, and the assignment (page, problem numbers) at the top of the page. Ex: Due February 29; p.123 #1-18 This makes my life easier.

10. Clean Slate Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Work hard starting TODAY!!

11. Extra help Mon.-Thurs. at 14:00 and 17:05 In the evening or any other time by appointment – just ask!! Extra help = success!

12. Gases

13. Characteristics of a Gas takes volume and shape of container compressible and expandable (distance between particles can change)

14. Gas Laws Ideal Gas Law: PV=nRT –Pressure –Volume –number of moles –R=universal gas constant –Temperature

15. Boyle’s Law P V T constant

17. Charles’s Law T V P constant

19. Gay-Lussac’s Law T P V constant

21. Avogadro’s Law For a gas at a constant temperature and pressure, the volume is directly proportional to the number of moles of a gas (doesn’t matter what kind of gas).